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I have made 5 or 6 buckets of cider, using apple concentrate (Black Rock NZ Cider kit). Most of it has worked out well, but twice I did not get the carbonation I was expecting in the bottles. I was never quite sure what caused the first failure. The cider tasted good, just not enough bubbles...

I just bottled my second batch. When I finished I realized that half the bottles have the wrong size caps. I picked up a bag of 29mm champagne-bottle caps instead of 26mm beer-bottle caps. They seemed to fit, but I wonder if this will create a problem down the line... The problem is that it...

I think that might depend on where and on whom the wet T-shirt is deployed...

thanks guys I know what you mean about reading around on the board, but it is overwhelming! I did a forum search with the terms "skim yeast" and it turned up 20 pages or so... then I started reading and following links and before you know it I forgot what I was looking for - though I learned a...

I started brewing recently, during a time in which my wife has been in hospital for an extended stay. The house is a bit lonely despite three predatory cats lurking around, so the sound of that bubbling airlock is very comforting. I'll walk into the room and that bucket will grumble and belch...

Hey everyone - I'm a total beginner green-horn noobie. I'm busy making my second batch (the first is bottled but not yet tasted). I am confused by conflicting advice regarding the skimming of the yeast on top of the wort in my bucket. I am using the most basic of beginners' kits, where all...

thanks for the explanations, and the link to the Dutch-English dictionary. It appears that the blow-off is an alternate to the air-lock that I am currently using, and may be more suitable if I expect a lot of foam and action above the beer in my bucket. The first two batches haven't had that...

can anyone direct me to a definition/description/discussion of "blow-off"? I am just starting out, using a beginner kit with a big plastic bucket and an air-lock. I am an American living in Holland, just recently found a local home-brew shop, but I am struggling with translating the specialized...

Hi everyone. Jon from Bussum, NL signing on. I was born (55 years ago) and raised in glamorous Oakland, California. My dad used to keep the fridge full of Olympia and Brown Derby. I couldn't stanfd beer when I was a kid. At 19 I escaped to Spain, where I learned the importance of a cold...